A 26 year-old aboriginal bearing Ethiopian immigrant is breaking new arena with his plan of abstract entitled, "The Healing Conscious"
Mclean, VA -- Kifle Bantayehu, a 26 year-old first-generation Ethiopian immigrant is breaking new arena with his plan of abstract - "The Healing Conscious" (ISBN: 1411600770) - accumulation the English accent with Ethiopian culture. Moved by the AIDS epidemic, the columnist has donated to date twenty percent of the net gain from book sales to assorted organizations alive to advance HIV/AIDS acquaintance and advice those afflicted in Africa's developing nations, decidedly accouchement orphaned by this adverse epidemic.
His book, "The Healing Conscious," tells the adventure of an Ethiopian immigrant boy on his alluring adventure to America and adulthood. The columnist -- Kifle Bantayehu -- recounts this agitating account in anapestic format. His adorning accumulating of balladry reflects the final words and thoughts of a dying man who catholic above the world, aloft a ancestors and became successful-finally accomplishing the American dream.
These poems, accounting in a abnormally avant-garde style, reflect a adventure of sacrifice, adventuresomeness and strength. There accept been actual few works of balladry accounting and appear by Ethiopian authors. Former President Bill Clinton beatific the columnist a claimed letter saying: "You can be appreciative of the important role you are arena in the attack adjoin AIDS in Africa."
"I capital to acquaint a acute adventure - which is based on the lives of my parents -- of an immigrant who through abundant affliction and cede was able to leave his citizenry of Ethiopia, with an equally-strong and motivated woman, and accession four accouchement in the best accessible ambiance for education, befalling and happiness," says Bantayehu.
He goes on to explain his motivation, "Although there are abounding affably different belief and novels depicting the lives of immigrants in America; there has been little said of the sacrifices and contributions of the Ethiopian immigrant association residing in the United States. Not alone do we, as Ethiopians, acquire over 2,000 years of a rich, cultural heritage, but we are loving, caring and harder alive humans from whom the ethics of family, sacrifice, account and brotherhood can be learned."
Born in the United States, Bantayehu grew up in Mexico, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and currently resides in Virginia. In 2002 he accustomed his B.A. amount from the University of Virginia. His balladry are featured in several anthologies/collections.
Book Information:
Title: The Healing Conscious
Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
Edition: Softcover
Price: $15.80 (retail)
ISBN: 1411600770
Website: http://www.thehealingconscious.com
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